 |
 |
On Nov 6, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Felicia wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:52 PM, Kathryn wrote: > >> Being physically located in Southern California during the recent >> horrific >> wildfires Sabina, did you notice that two particularly destructive >> ones were >> named "the Magic fire" and "the Witch fire"? I assume those buzz >> words--that >> would in the public subconscious then be associated with the terror >> of those >> fires--were a political contribution. > > Kathryn, > > the so-called "Witch Fire" is merely the usual idiotic journalistic > (oh, wait... am I being redundant? };->) > shorthand, this time for the wildfire which occurred in an area whose > name > actually is Witch Creek Canyon, near Santa Ysabel in North San Diego > County > where I lived for 24 years. There is a winery - Witch Creek Winery. > > the so-called "Magic Fire" is equally idiotic shorthand, referring to > the area > around Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster theme park in Santa > Clarita. > > I like to think it was Faux Noise aka Fox News that made up the stupid > shortened > names for the fires. But, most news media is guilty of such obnoxious > practices. > > Felicia Swayne-Heidrick >